The long night
Jackson elliott 2005 (jerusalem)
When the long night calls
The sun comes to an end
A burst of colors
Gone with nothing to mend
The death of it all
As the sun dies down
while the demon comes
For his heavenly crown
He doesn’t leave
Only stays with a grin
Until someone wakes up
And calls for his kin
And when everyone’s up
The demon goes away
And only his darkness
Is left in dismay
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Submitted on April 21, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCDC DEXE |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 337 |
Words | 71 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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